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Jeremiah 2:16

Memphis
Sin

14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?

15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.

17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.
KJV
Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
WEB
The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.
ASV
The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.
DARBY
Even the children of Noph and Tahapanes have fed on the crown of thy head.
BLB
Even the sons of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.
ÅB
Også Memfis' og Tahpenes' barn gjorde din isse skallet.
OTB
Også mennene fra Memfis og Tahpanhes har forårsaket deg skade.
B1930
Også Memfis' og Tahpenes' barn gjorde din isse skallet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 46:14

    Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.

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  • Jeremiah 43:7–9

    So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.

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  • Isaiah 19:13

    The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.

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  • Jeremiah 44:1

    The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,

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  • Deuteronomy 33:20

    And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

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  • Ezekiel 30:16

    And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.

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  • Isaiah 1:6–7

    From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

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  • Ezekiel 30:13

    Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

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